Moccasin.



F. GURTIN WV. 0. SHIELDS.

Patented Feb. 4, 1913.

Inventors mA/m cum/N .lttorn :ys

WILL/AM FRANK CURTIN, OF -GLOVERSVILLE, AND VJILLIAM C. SHIELDS. 0FBOMBAY, NEW

YORK, Assionons TO WILLIAM C. SHIELDS AND JOHN J. SHIELDS, DOING BUSI-NESS AS PARTNERSHIP O33 SHIELDS BBQTHE RS, OE BOMBAY, NE'W YORK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. March 18, 1908. Serial No. 421,793.

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While we specify the invention asbeine" related to an improved moccasinand ilhis- 5 'trate itin that form of product, we do not meanto excludeother articles which may be made in the same manner or con'ipri c. any

or all the features of the invention, preterring to show the inventionin that form of product in the making otwhich we have employed itparticularly.

The invention includes the method which we employ in shaping the blanksor pieces which are cut to fornrthe nioccasin, in treat ing or formingthem in prc 'iaration for being united and in bringing and holding themin proper relation while the sewing" and uniting operation takes place,well as in the application oil a certain stitch to gather and hold theedges united in their proper" relation.

In the drawings Figure 1 a view or" a blank cut for the bottom part ofthe moccasin and showing certain features of the invention. Fig. 2 is atop view of the forward part of a finished moccasin. Fig. 3 is a sectionView of the pieces in l i but showing how they may be united with a weltbetween them. Fig. at 1s a like view showing how they ma be brou 'ht,tooether. preferabl c y b o 1 without a welt. Fig. 5 is a. side View ofa moccasin made as set forth herein, while Fig. a shows a portion of themoccasin with the edges of the blanks slightly separated and showing thecondition of each when in place for stitching. Fig. 7 shows the kind ofstitch which we use.

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Referring pareicularly now to Fig. 1, A is a blank cut from suitablematerial to be formed for the sole and sides of the moccasin. The, heelend has two slits a, leaving middle llap Z) and side flaps c. In makingthe moccasin the edges of the blank .are turned up to serve is sides ofthe moccasin, the edges of the side flaps being brought together and themiddle flap being brought ip and secured outside them, as in Fig.

'i. The forward or too part of the blank is alsi' tnrncd up to meet thetop blank and inclcse' the lot-ward part of the foot, the inner PatentedFeb. 1, 1913. H

snrtacent the edges (4, a, of the forward part being properly shaved ortrin'uncd to lit .then'i for being sewed t0 the upper blank.

in cutting the blank 91, two tags E and F are left attached to theblank, the former ha ring eye a large cnougn for the insertion oi thefree end of the other tag therethrough and the latter having shouldersf, f, to engage with the edges of the eye (2 and hold two tags together.as shown in Fig. 2,111 0 form of a tie across the top the "foot, thetags being cut with slightly enlarged and ornan'iental. ends.

B is the top blank of the moccasin, being of the general form shown inFig. 2, having its edges 6 su'itablyprepared for stitching 'and its freeend suitably extended and finished to reach a suitable distance up andback along the top of the foot as shown by B. The blanks being" thusproperly cut and preparer are ready for the operation of stitching tounite the edges a, a to edges 0, Z), and it is apparent that thet'ulness of the former edge must bev gathered within the limits of thelatter edge and when thus gathered the two must, in some manner, be heldin proper place until they can be sewed.

It is manifest that this would be a slow and expensive proceeding ifattempted by hand and could not be done with such exact and uniformdisposition of the fullness and placing of the stitches same in a seriesof moccasins or that the product would be symmetrical, either as regardsa single article along both sides of the foot or as regards a. number ofarticles with relation to each other and in comparison. urthermore, thestitches that would necessarily be made in the hand operation wouldconsist of thread passed to and fro, through the blanks, each drawntight to secure the that the result would be I the tags together to forma tie on the top of one of the blanks, one tag havin g a; slit and theother a shoulder whereby they may en-- gage each other and form a tie.3. A moccasin consisting of two blanks, one being out to cover thebottom and sides iof the foot and theother to cover the upper front partof the foot, the bottom blank being formed with two tags, one slottedand the other with a shoulder adapted to engage the slotted memberwhereby to secure the moccasin.

l. moccasin consisting of an upper and a lower blank, the lower blankbeing formed with two tags, one slotted and the other with a, shoulderadapted to engage the slotted tag whereby to secure the tags togethersaid lower blank being of a size to be upturned and cover the sides ofthe foot, the edges being joined by the said tags on top of the foot,the two blanks being united at the forward part of the lower blank.

5. A new article of manufacture consisting of a moccasin formed of twoblanks, the

. V I one being out from a flat piece ot leather or the like having atone end a centrally disposed projecting; portion of curved form adaptedto be turned up to cover the sole and sides of the foot, and having oneach side thereof a forwardly projecting tag, the

tags-being out to engage each other when the sides of the blanks areupturned to form a tie on top of the foot, the said blank having at theother end two longitudinal par allel cuts whereby to provide an upturnedflap at the heel and a flap on each side to be connected to each otherand to the former flap whereby to form the heel of the moccasin, and anunner blank cut on a curve similar to the projecting portion of thefirst- Inentioned blank and adapted to form the topof the moccasin, thetwo blanks being joined along the said curved port-ions.

In testimony whereof we afiiX our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

FRANK CURTIN.

WILLIAM C. SHIELDS.

